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(88) Date of publication A3: 12.02.2009 (43) Date of publication: 03.03.2010 Bulletin 2010/09 (21) Application number: 08763182.6 (22) Date of filing: 04.06.2008

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61N 5/10(2006.01) A61B 5/055(2006.01) A61B 5/00(2006.01) A61B 19/00(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/IB2008/052178 (87) International publication number: WO 2008/152542 (18.12.2008 Gazette 2008/51)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL BA MK RS (30) Priority: 12.06.2007 EP 07110029 (71) Applicants: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. 5621 BA Eindhoven (NL) SK PL NO NL MT MC LV LU LT IT IS IE HU HR GR GB FR FI ES EE DK CZ CY LI CH BG BE AT PT RO SE SI TR  Philips Intellectual Property & Standards GmbH 20099 Hamburg (DE) DE

(72) Inventors: KUHN, Michael, H. NL-5656 AE Eindhoven (NL) COHEN, Julius NL-5656 AE Eindhoven (NL) (74) Representative: Van Velzen, Maaike Mathilde  Philips Intellectual Property & Standards P.O. Box 220 5600 AE Eindhoven 5600 AE Eindhoven (NL)